Genesis 30:12-14
GOD’S WORD Translation
12 Leah’s slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob. 13 Leah said, “I’ve been blessed! Women will call me blessed.” So she named him Asher [Blessing].
14 During the wheat harvest Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrakes.[a] He brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
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- 30:14 Mandrakes were considered a source of fertility for women.
Genesis 30:12-14
New International Version
12 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me(A) happy.”(B) So she named him Asher.[a](C)
14 During wheat harvest,(D) Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants,(E) which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:13 Asher means happy.
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